President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree "On the territory and areas in the national nature reserve fund."

As reported on the presidential website, the president signed the corresponding decree No.312/2016 on Wednesday.

The decree declares a number of territories and areas included natural reserve fund to be sanctuaries and natural sanctuaries of national importance. It also sets the borders of certain territories and areas in the fund, as well as creating a dendrological park of national importance – Kryvorudsky - within the boundaries of Kryva Ruda village of Semenivsky district in Poltava region.

"Implementation of the decree will enable preservation of the biological and landscape diversity, unique and highly valuable natural complexes, and will contribute to the improvement of the natural environment ecological state in Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Luhansk, Poltava, Ternopil, Kherson and Cherkasy regions of Ukraine," the press service says.